Booths, a well-loved supermarket chain in the UK, is doing something surprising and different. Across their 27 stores in Northern England, Booths is saying goodbye to most of their self-service checkouts. This chain, often called the “northern Waitrose,” wants to put customers first by going back to staffed checkouts, where real people are behind the counter instead of machines. What made Booths decide to make this big change? It was the customers! People complained that the self-service tills were too slow, didn’t work properly, and just didn’t feel welcoming. Nigel

Millions of people were warned to get ready for Hurricane Milton yesterday. But the people weren’t the only ones who had to make plans. The animals living at the zoo had to be prepared too. Luckily, the animals at St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park didn’t have to face the storm by themselves. Their caregivers were there to keep them safe. To keep the animals safe from the flooding, many were moved indoors for the storm. But the alligators were just fine outside. One of the zoo employees even recorded